Super League: Leeds Rhinos 24-22 Warrington Wolves - Wire sink to seventh straight Super League defeat

James Bentley scores the decisive effort for Leeds arsenic Warrington fto a pb gaffe 3 times

Leeds Rhinos fought backmost to inflict a seventh consecutive Super League decision connected Warrington and boost their ain play-off hopes successful a see-saw lucifer astatine Headingley.

David Fusitu'a touched down to necktie the scores astatine 12-12 earlier Stefan Ratchford and Luke Hooley traded tries.

James Bentley's effort took Leeds wide astatine 24-16, but they had to clasp connected aft Matt Nicholson's precocious score.

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Warrington person mislaid 9 of their past 10 Super League matches, but interim brag Gary Chambers volition person wondered however this lucifer ended successful decision aft they led 3 times and created capable chances to triumph comfortably.

Instead Leeds kept their play-off hopes alive, arsenic a archetypal triumph successful 4 took them to wrong 2 points of Wire and the apical six.

The two-week interruption looked to person worked wonders for Warrington arsenic they bossed the opening 4th and took a fourth-minute pb done Dufty's footwear and cod successful the corner.

The visitors went adjacent again erstwhile Josh Thewlis' footwear brushed the touchline conscionable arsenic helium touched down and Nene Macdonald produced a timely bargain to contradict Josh Drinkwater adjacent to the line.

And Leeds stole the pb with their archetypal existent raid successful Warrington territory aft 23 minutes erstwhile a mediocre George Williams tackle allowed Walters to contention done a gap.

Their pb proved short-lived arsenic Dufty was allowed to interruption wide and nonstop Ashton distant for an uncontested sprint to the line.

Matty Ashton's people gave Warrington the half-time lead

Leeds' close borderline again looked fragile moments aboriginal arsenic Ratchford broke through, but Danny Walker dropped the scoring walk with a 10-metre jog to the enactment beckoning.

Warrington were rapidly backmost connected the Leeds enactment aft the break, and a Ratchford's palmy punishment footwear edged Wire further up aft Thewlis was held up conscionable short.

Leeds looked profligate successful their ain half, but they were besides objective astatine the different arsenic Fusitu'a marked his instrumentality to the broadside with a superb drawback and decorativeness to necktie the scores.

Ratchford crossed retired wide arsenic Wire went up for the 3rd time, lone for Hooley to notch his archetypal Rhinos try, with Martin's 3rd extremity putting them 18-16 up.

Macdonald's stunning down the backmost offload to Bentley, portion conscionable inches from the ground, looked to person yet made the crippled harmless astatine 24-16.

Yet with neither broadside looking comfy holding a lead, Warrington duly acceptable up a nerve-jangling finale erstwhile Nicholson chased down Drinkwater's grubber kick.

Ratchford's extremity made it 24-22 with six minutes inactive near to play, but this clip Leeds did bent on.

Leeds: Hooley, Fusitu'a, Martin, Macdonald, Handley, Johnson, Sezer, Oledzki, O'Connor, Walters, McDonnell, Bentley, Smith.

Interchanges: Newman, Lisone, Donaldson, Holroyd.

Warrington: Dufty, Thewlis, Mata'utia, Ratchford, Ashton, Williams, Drinkwater, Mikaele, Walker, Vaughan, Currie, Nicholson, Crowther.

Interchanges: Harrison, Clark, Philbin, Dudson.

Referee: Ben Thaler.

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